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No. 71ans.

(No M-odel.)

M. EHBEHN.

TOY.

(Application med May 8, 1902.)

Patented Dec. I6, |902.

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. i -NiTED STATES "PATENT OFFICE.

MARY E. BEI-IN, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO G. MORRIS BOND, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 716,175, dated December 16, 1902- 4 Application filed May 8, 1902. Serial No. 106,383. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern.-

Beitknown that I, MARYE. BEHN, a citizen of` the United States, residing at Baltimore, State f Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Toys, of which the following is a specification. i

This invention relates to a toy fowl or bird, and has for its object to provide a toy representation of a fowl or bird with mechanism whereby upon the proper manual manipulation arepresentation of an egg will be dropped or deposited-in other words, it is a toy egglaying fowl or bird. i

Referring to the accompanying drawings,

mechanism being denoted by broken lines. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section of the egg-depositing mechanism. Fig. 3 is a plan-` or top view of the mechanism, the sides of the shell or case, constituting a part of the body of the fowl, being in section. Fig. 4 is a vertical cross-section of the shell or case and shows the mechanism.

In applyingr the invention an imitation of any kind of fowl or bird may be employed. In the present instance Fig. l is representaegg-discharge opening in the case-bottom.`

The imitation eggs (designated c) are contained within the shell or case a. be understood that when the valve-strip c is covering the egg-discharge opening b, as shown in Fig. 2, the eggs inside of the shell cannot be dropped; but when the valve-strip c is moved or slid to uncover the opening bthat is, moved from right toward the left, so as to bring its opening b into coincidence with the egg-discharge opening b-then an egg e may be discharged or dropped. i The mechanism for operating the valvestrip--c comprises parts as follows: A bellcrank lever f is pivoted on a cross-rod g,

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which is secured to opposite sides of the shell a, and the lower end of this lever takes loosely in a hole h in the valve-strip. The upper end of the bell-crank lever is bent back to form a hook j", and this end normally rests upon a cross-bar c', whose ends are secured to opposite sides of the shell. This cross-bari prevents the upper end of the lever from being depressed. A suitable elastic spring 6o has inclined position, and one end of the spring is connected with the case-bottom a and the other'is connected with the upper end of the lever f, and this elastic spring serves to hold the lever resting down on the cross-bar z', and thereby keeps the valve-strip c in position to cover the egg-discharging hole b. This spring j may be either a strip of india-rubber or a small spiral spring.

The two legs of the fowl or bird are formed 7o by a wire bent an inverted-U shape, the two legs or prongs 7c projecting down through the cross-bar c' and also down through the casebottom a, and the connecting-bend 7c being above the said cross-bar and under the hook f of the bell-crank lever. The imitationfeet Z are secured to the wire legs or prongs lo, and thesefeet may rest on a table or other place to sustain the fowl upright. The wire legs or prongs la are loose th rough the cross-bariand 8o case-bottom.

It will nowbe seen the spring j serves another purpose, to wit: It keeps the legs k normally pressed dowward, and thereby causes the body of the fowl or bird to stand elevated 8 5 above the feet.

In order to cause an egg to be dropped or deposited, a person must grasp the body of the fowl on top or on both sides and gently depress the body, whereupon the legs 7c will 9o be forced upward, the spring j yielding to permit them, and the upper end ofthe lever f will be raised, which movement will cause the lower end of the lever to slide'the'valvestrip c and uncover the opening bin thecase- 9 5 bottom. Thus an egg will be dropped.` This proves an amusing toy.

The hollow body may be charged or filled with imitation eggs-such as candy, for instance-by merely pressing the legs 7a upward roo and then passing one egg at a time through the uncovered opening b.

y Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A figure-toy, provided with a casing for a supply of imitation eggs, said casing having a discharge-opening; a valve for said opening; movable legs adapted to support the toy; and mechanism connecting said valve and legs and adapted to uncover said opening when the legs are moved.

2. A toy fowl or bird having a hollow body adapted to contain imitation eggs and provided with an egg-discharge opening; a valve strip slidable on the bottom and covering and uncovering said opening; imitation legs for i5 the fowl or bird movable up and down through the case or body; a bell-crank lever having its lower end connected with the valve-strip and its upper end connected with the said legs, and a spring acting on the upper end of 2o 

